StB 71. POLYPODIUJl. § 1. EUPOLYPODnm. a. dttegrifoliaje. 



Rhizome short, the scales brown. Stipes tufted, rigid, castaneous, ± b 

 C.M. long, densely clothed with dark-coloured, spreading hairs. Fronds 15 — 20 

 c.M. long, + 1'/, — 2 C.M. broad, lanceolate, the apex and base narrowed, the 

 point bluntish. Texture membranaceous, thin; colour green, paler beneath; 

 midrib prominent; main veins zigzag, pinnate; vein tips thickened; both sur- 

 faces vUlose. Sori terminal on the 3 — 4 lower veins so as to form several 

 irregular rows on each side of the midrib. 



Celebes. 



(6) P. pleiosoroides, Copei., Polypod. Philipp., 120. 



Rhizome short, creeping, clothed with broad, lanceolate, acuminate, stra- 

 mineous scales. Stipes slender, 2 — 4 c.M. long, densely provided with stra- 

 mineous, spreading hairs. Fronds lanceolate, 10 — 15 c.M. long, 1 — 1*/, c.M. 

 broad, narrowed towards both ends, the margin sinuate especially in the lower 

 part. Texture coriaceous; surfaces naked, but the edges cUiate vrith a few 

 short hairs; veins free, immersed, hidden, pinnate or to + 4 X forked. Sori 

 round, large, superficial, in 1 — 5 irregular rows, or altogether scattered. 



Philippines. 



(7) V. bisulcatuin, JIls., Hk. Rk., Syn. Fil., 521; Grammitis bisul- 

 cata, Hk., Icon. PL, X, tab. CMXCVIU. 



Rhizome creeping, slender, the scales narrow, brown. Fronds scattered, 

 sessile or short-stalked (stalks under 2'/2 c.M. long), resembling the stipe of 

 a rush, subterete, 15 — 25 c.M. long, less than 2^^ m.M. broad and thick, 

 with 5 furrows, of which the 2 lowest are the deepest. Texture corriaceous; 

 surfaces naked; no veins. Sori oblong, vertical, alternate, placed in the deep- 

 est furrows. 



Borneo. iy\ . 'xx^a^ yvje,«u 

 



* (8) P. Mlax.wellii, J»fc., Kew RulL, 1893, 211. 



Rhizome short-creeping, the scales dense, erect, lanceolate, membranaceous, 

 pale-brown. Stipes short, naked, approximate. Fronds simple, 2yj — G'/j c,M. 

 long, ± aVj — 4 m.M. broad, + entire, obtuse, narrowed at the base. Tex- 

 ture firm; surfaces naked; veins distant, erecto-patent, forked, not reaching the 

 margin. Sori in 1 row on each side, subdistant, rather close to the costa, 

 subimmersed, oblong. 



Borneo, 



